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Poa — ~ y UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Kansas City, Missouri File No. February 16, 1973 CEASAR CHAVEZ ACTIVITIES February 12-13, 1973 Kansas City, Missouri On February 7, 1973, KC $1 advised that Ceasar Chavez is to appear in Kansas City February 12-13, 1973, with approximately 70 people, arriving in Kansas City the late evening of February 12, from Delano, California. Chavez while in Kansas City is to attempt to organize the Spanish people in boycotting Safeway stores for selling non-union lettuce and appear at a rally Tuesday, February 13. On February 9, 1973, XC T-1 advised the Chavez group which is to appear in Kansas City has the main objective to expand the lettuce boycott into the entire United States by boycotting two major grocery chains, Safeway stores west of the Mississippi and A&P stores east of the Mississippi. KC T-1 advised that the Chavez group will be staying at the St. Thomas Church, 740 Shawnee, Kansas City, Kansas, and will attend a rally to be held at the Penn Valley Community College, Westport Road, Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday evening. On February 13, 1973, ®C T-1 advised that the Chavez group arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, as previously scheduled in the late evening of February 12, 1973, and was to picket a Safeway store located in the Valentine Shopping Center, 36th and Broadway, from 2-5 p.m., February13. The activity would consist of approximately 40-100 people and the main objective of the demonstration is to convey to the people the boycotting of the Safeway store, asthe establishment was selling non-union lettuce. On February 13, 1973, KC T-2? advised that a group of some 75-100 individuals consisting of Mexicans and blacks picketed the Safeway store at 3600 Broadway from approxi- mately 2-3:30 p.m., February 13. The activity consisted of the participants OE red flags and signs which read | LOS ely iy oo rer rane nt Contains neither recom ottor’ 6 Conclusions of the Contents are not to be distributed outside your ogency ; at a + 3 Re PORE